Widespread visceral calcifications in disseminated Pneumocystis carinii infection: CT characteristics.
A case of disseminated Pneumocystis carinii infection is presented. Calcifications of similar character were found by CT in the lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and kidneys. Biopsy of a calcified axillary lymph node demonstrated necrotizing granulomatous lymphadenitis, with Pneumocystis organisms and dystrophic calcifications clustered centrally within the granulomas.
Feuerstein
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Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Francis
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Raffeld
M
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Pluda
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J
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed